Technological characteristics (dry weight, dry volume, wet water absorption capacity, waterabsorption index, hydration coefficient, swelling cooking time, number of destructedseeds after cooking) 27 chickpea cultivars grown under natural conditions (without the use ofchemical/organic fertilizers) were investigated in this study. Except for index and hydrationcoefficients, effects on found to be...

Legumes are a rich source of many different biologically active substances, such as fiber, proteins, vitamins and minerals. Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) is the third most important leguminous plant in world: it has high nutritional value wide range bioactive compounds. Bioactive peptides chickpea seeds have antioxidant, ACE-inhibiting, cholesterollowering, antihypertensive, antimicrobial, anti...

Rhizobium pusense strain NRCPB10T was isolated from rhizosphere soil of chickpeas (Cicer arietinum L.). Based upon the draft genome sequence, the genome is 5.28 Mb and encodes 5,064 proteins.

This paper reports the presence of a Kunitztype protease inhibitor (HGPI) gene in Dolichos biflorus for the first time. A full-length protease inhibitor gene with complete open reading frame of 669 bp encoding 222 amino acids was cloned from D. biflorus using a PCRbased method. BlastN search showed that the HGPI gene shared 100% homology with Cicer arietinum trypsin inhibitor mRNA and 97% with ...